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Monday, 27 June 2016

Referendum blues

If the referendum proves anything at all, it is that
the country should not have referendums, because people don’t vote on the
simple, yes-no question they’re asked. They vote with all sorts of things in
their minds, in reaction to all sorts of things in the past and with no real appreciation of the thing they're turning down. There are many hinting now that they wish they had voted the other
way, because they never thought that the outcome would be to leave the EU. Duh! They thought they were the only ones to think like that? Really?

What a mess the UK is in now. The PM has all but resigned
and wants no part of steering the country through something he never wanted,
and why should he? Those who wanted to leave should be the ones with plans
ready to take over, but it seems the Gove-Johnstone pair don’t have a plan
between them. Farage is nowhere to be seen, but possibly lurks at his local with
a pint in his fist. Jeremy Corbyn shambles around saying nothing much and
leading no one to the vexation of his Shadow Cabinet who are resigning in
droves – 15 up to this point. Corbyn insists he is staying on, no doubt
convinced that the Labour Party loves him and will vote him in again if and
when there is a General Election, touted as possibly November. It will be a
nightmare come true if he is, because it is doubtful he will be able to form an
opposition government.

Lawyers are now arguing over Nicola Sturgeon’s
gleeful claim that Scotland could veto Brexit because Scotland wants to stay in the
EU. South of the border some folk are saying yes – save us from this mess and
keep us in the EU. While I might want that, I find it astounding that such a
small population could overturn a decision made by a much larger population.
Not much democracy there, is there?

Only George Osborne is standing firm, a steady figure
in all this chaos. Come on Ms May, and any other suitable Conservative
candidate – don’t let either one of that dreadful Brexit pair take over,
otherwise we’ll be the laughing stock of Europe if not the world in having a journalist, who fell into politics by mistake, for a PM.

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Welcome to my blog-cum-website! My stories are often set in Scotland, Dublin or the north of England. I like reading suspenseful novels with the tang of adventure as well as romance, so my books aim to include all three themes. I'm rarely without a camera in my pocket and most of the pics on my blog are mine. My home is in the beautiful Tyne Valley midway between Hexham and Newcastle.